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In the year 2022
1,444 Notable deaths
Yosiwo George
Micronesian politician (1941–2022).
Born July 24th, 1941 in Kosrae.
Died August 13th, 2022 at 81 years old in Kosrae (COVID-19). [ref]
Ilan Gilon
Israeli politician (1956–2022).
Born May 12th, 1956 in Galați. [ref]
Died May 1st, 2022 at 65 years old in Ramat Gan (stroke). [ref]
Georgi Atanasov
Bulgarian politician.
Born July 25th, 1933 in Pravoslaven.
Died March 31st, 2022 at 88 years old in Sofia.
Kirk Baptiste
Athletics competitor (1963–2022).
Born June 20th, 1963 in Beaumont. [ref]
Died March 24th, 2022 at 58 years old in Houston.
Jorge Fons
Mexican film director and screenwriter (1939–2022).
Born April 23rd, 1939 in Túxpan.
Died September 22nd, 2022 at 83 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Henri Garcin
French actor (1928–2022).
Born April 11th, 1928 in Antwerp.
Died June 13th, 2022 at 94 years old in Évreux. [ref]
Wolf Schneider
German journalist (1925–2022).
Died November 11th, 2022 at 97 years old in Starnberg. [ref]
Karl Merkatz
Austrian actor (1930–2022).
Born November 17th, 1930 in Wiener Neustadt.
Died December 4th, 2022 at 92 years old in Irrsdorf. [ref]
Kiril Dojčinovski
Macedonian footballer (1943–2022).
Born October 17th, 1943 in Skopje.
Died August 10th, 2022 at 78 years old [ref]
Regimantas Adomaitis
Actor.
Born January 31st, 1937 in Šiauliai.
Died June 20th, 2022 at 85 years old in Vilnius.
Jüri Tarmak
Estonian athletics competitor (1946–2022).
Born July 21st, 1946 in Tallinn.
Died June 22nd, 2022 at 75 years old in Tallinn. [ref]
Yuz Aleshkovsky
Soviet and russian writer, poet, and playwright (1929—2022).
Born September 21st, 1929 in Krasnoyarsk.
Died March 21st, 2022 at 92 years old in Tampa. [ref]
Rink Babka
Athletics competitor (1936–2022).
Born September 23rd, 1936 in Cheyenne.
Died January 14th, 2022 at 85 years old [ref]
Villiam Vecchi
Italian association football player (1948–2022).
Born December 28th, 1948 in Scandiano.
Died August 3rd, 2022 at 73 years old in Reggio Emilia. [ref]
Tsuneko Sasamoto
Japanese photographer (1914-2022).
Born September 1st, 1914 in Shinagawa.
Died August 15th, 2022 at 107 years old in Kamakura (senility). [ref]
Werner Schulz
German politician (1950–2022).
Born January 22nd, 1950 in Zwickau.
Died November 9th, 2022 at 72 years old in Berlin (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Rex Hartwig
Australian tennis player (1929–2022).
Born September 2nd, 1929 in Culcairn.
Died December 30th, 2022 at 93 years old in Wangaratta. [ref]
Bill Nieder
American shot putter (1933–2022).
Born August 10th, 1933 in Hempstead.
Died October 7th, 2022 at 89 years old in Angels Camp. [ref]
Mario Lanfranchi
Film, theatre, and television director, screenwriter, producer and actor (1927–2022).
Born June 30th, 1927 in Parma.
Died January 3rd, 2022 at 94 years old in Langhirano. [ref]
Gianni Celati
Italian writer (1937–2022).
Born January 10th, 1937 in Sondrio.
Died January 3rd, 2022 at 84 years old in Brighton. [ref]
Jackie Robinson
American basketball player (1927–2022).
Born April 26th, 1927 in Fort Worth.
Died February 8th, 2022 at 94 years old in Augusta. [ref]
Natalia LL
Polish photographer (1937–2022).
Born April 18th, 1937 in Żywiec.
Died August 12th, 2022 at 85 years old [ref]
Shi Jiuyong
Chinese judge (1926–2022).
Born October 9th, 1926 in Zhejiang.
Died January 18th, 2022 at 95 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Bram Peper
Dutch politician (1940–2022).
Born February 13th, 1940 in Haarlem.
Died August 20th, 2022 at 82 years old in Capelle aan den IJssel. [ref]
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